The Simian Line

Name: The Simian Line
Genre: Drama
Released: November 16, 2001
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 46
Cast: Jamey Sheridan, Lynn Redgrave

2001

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Ardustry Home Entertainment | Release Date: November 16, 2001 | R

Starring: Jamey Sheridan, Lynn Redgrave

Summary: On a recent Halloween night four couples of differing backgrounds bring eight very different sets of hopes and aspirations to the dinner table of a Weehawken, New Jersey neighborhood party. When a fortune teller is invited to the house for entertainment, everything is thrown into disarray with the prediction that "one couple will beOn a recent Halloween night four couples of differing backgrounds bring eight very different sets of hopes and aspirations to the dinner table of a Weehawken, New Jersey neighborhood party. When a fortune teller is invited to the house for entertainment, everything is thrown into disarray with the prediction that "one couple will be finished by the end of the year." (Gabriel Film Group)… Expand

Director: Linda Yellen

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 106 min

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Lael Loewenstein

Though picture is at times undermined by a lack of unifying perspective, its glimmers of greatness are a testament to the talent involved. Read full review

Kevin Thomas

These formidable actresses [Redgrave and Daly], abetted by a persuasive Connick, and by Hurt as the most genteel and benevolent of ghosts, set a high standard for a splendid ensemble cast. Read full review

F. X. Feeney

The interactions between the realms of the magical and the everyday are carried off with an easygoing charm. Read full review

Wendy Lee

The film tries hard to avoid cliché but doesn't get very far. Read full review

Michael Dequina

Given how much Yellen does right, it's all the more shameful that she so spectacularly sinks her film in the foot with one hugely questionable "creative" decision: adding a pair of ghosts into the mix. Read full review

Jonathan Foreman

One of those exercises in romantic whimsy that misses its mark: It's alternately sappy and uncomfortably harsh. Read full review

Stephen Holden

Might be described as a muddy, cliché-ridden sudsfest that lurches uncertainly between comedy and soap opera without finding its emotional or visual footing. Read full review

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